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by JAMES SAUNDERS
' I am wearing a large hat. I'm looking, looking at the camera. This picture will last forever. But I shall die.'
At the turn of the century Katie waits to have her childhood preserved forever in a photograph. The print is found 80 years later by Sophie who is similarly obsessed by thoughts of her own mortality.
Music composed by JEREMY NICHOLAS
Sound MALCOLM JOHNSON
Lighting JOHN GREEN
Designer CHRIS PEMSEL
Producer TERRY COLES
Director BILL HAYS

Designing the 90s. The series looking back over four decades of Britain's design heritage ends by recalling the the rise and rise of a Swedish furniture giant, the launch of a revolutionary vacuum cleaner, a computer game that became a design icon, cars with curves, the shift from pub to bar, and some uplifting female lingerie. Contributions come from James Dyson , Nicholas Grimshaw , Adam and Jeremy Smith , Jonathan Glancey , Caryn Franklin ,
Alice Rawsthorn and Tyler Brulee. Narrated by Penelope Keith. Director Heidi Perry : Series producer Mary Sackville-West

by SHAUN USHER with The Big ' H' is a hugely popular -television game hosted by Mr TV Games himself. What will the Big ' H ' stand for this week? And who is for the hot-seat tonight?
Script editor WILLIAM HUMBLE Designer JEREMY BEAR Producer ANNE HEAD
Directed by ROGER BAMFORD

by William Shakespeare
Prospect Theatre Company in the 1969 Edinburgh Festival production with Ian McKellen as King Richard

In the year 1398, King Richard II arbitrarily exiles Henry Bolingbroke and the Duke of Norfolk, then confiscates the property of John of Gaunt (Bolingbroke's father), when the old man dies. Bolingbroke invades England and Richard is eventually forced to surrender to him and is later murdered at Pomfret Castle.

by William Shakespeare
Prospect Theatre Company in the 1969 Edinburgh Festival production
with Ian McKellen as King Richard

In the year 1398, King Richard II arbitrarily exiles Henry Bolingbroke and the Duke of Norfolk, then confiscates the property of John of Gaunt (Bolingbroke's father), when the old man dies. Bolingbroke invades England and Richard is eventually forced to surrender to him and is later murdered at Pomfret Castle.
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"Ian McKellen... magnetic and spell-binding" (Daily Mirror)
"Not just a performance but an experience" (Daily Express)

9.40am Lifeschool Going to Work
Difficult People by BILL LYONS. With JOHN BENNETT. JOANNA
DAVID JEREMY FLYNN. LUCINDA GANE. JEREMY GILLEY. DIANE-LOUISE JORDAN.
PATRICK MALAHIDE. MARGARETTA SCOTT. JEFFRY WICKHAM.
Producer PAUL MITCHELL (e)
10.05am You and Me
Dibs and Clive have problems finding out what a French customer wants. Katy has a check-up at school.
Song: Five Little Monkeys. Presenter GARY WILMOT with CLIVE MASON
Film director JULIE CALLANAN Studio director CAS LESTER (e)
10.18am Music Time ABA
Producer ELIZABETH BENNETT (R) (e)
10.40am Thinkabout Sound Effects
Producer DEREK LONGHURST (R) (e)
10.58am Zig Zag
Zig Zag 's Wildlife Safari Breeding .
Sooner or later all animals share the same urge - the urge to produce the next generation. SHEELAGH GILBEY goes on safari with NICK DAVIES and discovers how different animals solve the problem of breeding. Producer TOM STANIER (e)
11.20am Into Music
Beginnings and Endings Going Home .
Different ways to end a piece of music - back to the home note, a loud crashing sound, slow down, fade out.... Presenters JANE FORD. MARTYN GERAINT Children from
GLEBE FIRST and MIDDLE SCHOOL. PINNER PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL BELMONT JUNIOR SCHOOL Percussion SEAN HOOPER
NIGEL CHARMAM , MICHAEL SKINNER Produced and directed by ELIZABETH BENNETT (e)
11.40am Information World Pass It On
Five programmes about information technology in everyday life.
Presenter CAROL LEADER Producer ROGER FRY (R) (e)
12.00 Quinze Minutes
A new French magazine series for beginners. A table.
Shopping in the market in Rouen and a visit to a boulangerie.
Presenter NICHOLAS MEAD Producer CAROLINE GODLEY (e)
12.15pm History File
Twentieth-century History The Road to Berlin.
1943-5. The final years of the war led to the defeat of Germany and the problems of post-war Europe.
Series producer PAUL MITCHELL (R) (e)
12.35pm Seventeen Julia(R)(e)
1.00pm Science in Action Burning Issues
Presenters TERRY MARSH and KJARTAN POSKITT Assistant producer LAMBROS ATTESHLIS
Series producer ROBIN MUDGE (R) (e)

by Christopher Marlowe
Prospect Theatre Company in the 1969 Edinburgh Festival production recorded at the Piccadilly Theatre, London
with Ian McKellen as King Edward
(Putting Elizabethan drama on the box: page 9)

Presented by Jeremy Isaacs.
Professionals wield power.
What motivates them? What attitudes and ideas lurk behind their job titles? To whom are they accountable? Opera Producers with David Pountney Nicholas Hytner Graham Vick
Not so long ago, opera seemed irrelevant to all but a small and rich minority. In the last few years, however, a new generation of producers has revitalised this art form and enticed a growing audience to see and applaud their work.
What has been the secret of their success? Where do their ideas come from? How true are they to the composers' intentions?
Director DAVID CROSSMAN Producer UDI EICHLER
A BROOK production for BBCtv

A series of documentaries on British business culture.
Fear and Greed. The City of London is still the world's biggest money machine. But how do the fortunes of the City affect the rest of the country?
This programme examines the persistent refusal of financiers to fund British industry - but reveals that some merchant bankers are now thinking long term. Director Jeremy Llewellyn-Jones
Executive producer Nicholas Fraser A Panoptic production for BBCtv
0 TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

9.38 Going to Work
Looking After Your Money by COLIN DAVIS
Mick has a money problem. But is his solution the right one? With PAUL MCCARTHY JEREMY FLYNN. SASKIA REEVES
CAROLE WALKER. ALISA BOSSCHAERT CAZZ SCATTERGOOD. JAIME WILSON Series producer PAUL MITCHELL (R)(E)
10.0 You and Me
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds Cosmo and Dibs introduce themselves to
MAGGIE OLLERENSHAW.
Animation MIC ROLPH
Producer RICHARD CALLANAN (R) (E)
10.15 Music Time Street Music
The variety of music to be heard in the streets. A song with street-cries for the children to sing. The shawm - a good outdoor instrument - is demonstrated and plays with the recorder and rebec.
Presenters JONATHAN COHEN
HELEN SPEIRS with CITY WAITES Director JEREMY ORLEBAR
Producer ELIZABETH BENNETT (R) (E)
10.38 Let's See. Scottish Waters 2: Afloat
Presented by RHODA MACLEOD and GILLY GILCHRIST
Rhoda and Gilly look at why things float or sink, and how to enjoy water recreation safely. Producer PETER LEGGE
Series editor MARIANNE BAIRD (E)
11.0 Zig Zag. Mordicus (2) Mordicus has grown into a fully-fledged buzzard. Now he must leave his parents' nest. Photography SIMON KING Producer JOHN KING
Series producer TOM STANIER (E)
11.22 Walrus - Guess What? Just Imagine!
When a book gets you really interested, it seems as though you're not merely reading it - you're in it. MICHAEL ROSEN and the team get carried away. Clues presented by DAVID FREEMAN
Producer MORTON SURGUY (R) (E)
11.45 Religious Studies Why? Because....
'All creatures great and small' People's attitudes to animals reflect their beliefs.
Narrator MICHAEL HEATH Series producer SUE WEEKS Producer JUUA DRUM (R) (E)
12.8 pm Equal People Sexism in Education
The first of five programmes about women and society looks at the way girls and boys are treated differently in school. In and out of the classroom, are they learning what they should be?
Series producer ROSANNA HIBBERT Producer CHRIS ELLIS (E)
12.40 General Studies
A Layperson 's Guide to Lasers A documentary about lasers in industry, medicine, space; and a glimpse into the future.
Producer BRUCE JAMSON (R) (E)
1.5 Micro File
LESLEY JUDD and FRED HARRIS introduce a compilation of items from the recent series of Micro Live, gathering together similar stories that could usefully be studied in context in schools and colleges. Themes include applications, hardware, games, robots, languages and graphics.
6: Spread the Word (R) (E)
1.38 Job Bank. Graphic Design Two contrasted examples of the work done by graphic designers.
Narrator PHILIP HURDWOOD Producer PAUL Mitchell (E)
2.0 Words and Pictures The Journey
In today's story a mouse sets on to visit his mother. His secondhand car falls apart. The wheels come off his roller skates. He wears big holes in his boots.
But despite these difficulties he reaches his destination. Presenter VICKY IRELAND Puppets ALAN PLATT
Animation BURA AND HARDWICK
Producer MOYRA GAMBLETON (R) w
2.15 Now and Then The Age of Wood Windmills made use of many different types of wood: oak tor the framework and great central post; hornbeam for the cogs; fibrous elm for the brakes and ash for the lifting ring which raised the sacks of corn. A look at how woodlands were managed, how timber was cut down and converted, and at some of its many uses during the age of wood.
Producer NICHOLAS WHINES (R) (E)

A special one-off documentary revealing the history behind the popular British sitcom, featuring clips from the original series, a cast reunion and brand new scenes written by one of the co-creators, Jeremy Lloyd. 'Allo 'Allo! followed the farcical adventures of Rene Artois, a French cafe owner unwillingly brought into the war on both sides. The Germans forced him to hide some of the town's stolen artefacts while the cafe was used by the Resistance as a safe house for two British airmen. Rene was also conducting two affairs while trying to keep them secret from his wife, Edith. In tonight's show, Rene is back in his cafe writing his war diaries, with a little help from Yvette and some of the establishment's characters.
Writer Jeremy Lloyd ; Director Martin Dennis
Producers Robert Katz and Cybele Rowbottom A well-travelled sitcom: page 59

The feature film starring
London 1891: the famous sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, is found by his longtime friend Dr Watson to be suffering seriously from cocaine addiction - taken in a seven per cent solution.... Inveigled into a trip to Vienna for treatment by Sigmund Freud , Holmes is soon involved in yet another mysterious case which keeps him out of England for three years! This ingenious blend of drama and comedy is a sophisticated addition to the stories surrounding Holmes and Watson.
Screenplay by NICHOLAS MEYER based on his own novel derived from characters created by ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
Produced by ARLENE SELLERS Directed by HERBERT ROSS
(First showing on British television) Films: page 18

9.38 Going to Work Moving On?
How easy is it for an unemployed young person to find work away from home? (R)(E)
10.0 You and Me
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds Cosmo makes a den under the stall for Dibs. Henry and Ellie find the word'school'.
Presenter HARRY TOWB Animation MIKE HIBBERT
Director NlCCI CROWTHER (R) (E)
10.15 Music Time. 2: Time Span Presented by JONATHAN COHEN and HELEN SPEIRS
Director JEREMY ORLEBAR
Producer ELIZABETH BENNETT (R) (E)
10.38 Let's See
Heads, Bodies and Legs 2: Bodies
Presented by RHODA MACLEOD With PANDEMONIUM PUPPETS Producer MARIANNE BAIRD BBC Scotland (E)
11.0 Zig Zag. You and the Media 2: Books and Newspapers What can a picture communicate without accompanying words?
Presenters SHEELAGH GILBEY and PAUL COlA investigate with children from PONTESBURY c OF E SCHOOL, Shropshire. Producer DAVID ROSEVEARE (E) Book, Behind the Scenes, £ 1.40
11.22 Walrus - Guess What? 1: Reading Between the Lines Four young people join
MICHAEL ROSEN and start to read a book. They work out what it seems to be about and think about what might be coming next. Clues presented by DAVID FREEMAN.
Producer MORTON SURGUY (R) (E)
11.45 The Bible Lands
Five programmes on the archaeological background to the gospels.
2: The Childhood of Christ with PETER CONNOLLY Producer R. DILWYN JONES BBC Wales (R) (E)
12.8 pm Media Studies Making it Look Real
Much of what is seen on television looks very realistic and true to life. But television programmes can only give the illusion of reality. Director CAS LESTER
Producer BRUCE JAMSON (E)
12.40 General Studies
What's Wrong with Britain? (2) TOM WRIGHT reports on some of the technical training facilities available to young people in Germany. JENNIE WALMSLEY and Tom investigate some of the divisions within society.
Producer BRUCE JAMSON (R) (E)
1.5 Micro File
LESLEY JUDD and FRED HARRIS introduce a compilation of items from the recent series of Micro Live.
2: At Home with Technology (R) (E)
1.38 Job Bank
Keyboard Skills
Director ANN THROUP (R) (E)
2.0 Words and Pictures Alex and Roy Alex is not exactly welcoming when his mother tells him Roy has come to play. But Roy has a talent for improvisation which is hard to resist.
Presenter VICKY IRELAND
Producer MOYRA GAMBLETON (R) (E)
2.15 Now and Then The Age of Concrete
In today's programme schools are invited to submit ideas for a short film they would like to make about the history of their neighbourhood and how it has changed in recent years.
Producer NICHOLAS WHINES (R) (E)

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